Padres win twice to snap three-game skid

A week away from school, the rigors of the WCAL season and the Peninsula proved to be enough on Monday for the Serra Padres, who ended their three-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over Whitney in the opening round of the Boras Family Classic in Sacramento.

The Padres came back and beat Franklin, 2-1, later in the evening to advance deeper into the winner's bracket.

In the win over Whitney, Serra left no doubt by scoring four runs in the first inning and riding the right arm of sophomore Rocco Zirelli.

Nate Hui led off the first with a walk. An Aaron Minton single and William Walbridge walk loaded the bases. Chase Peavey's fielder's choice grounder plated one run, while a Jack Wessell base hit drove home another.

A booted Aaron Maier grounded brought home two more runs to give the Padres a 4-0 lead.

Zirelli scattered five hits and a run in the first complete game of his varsity career. He struck out four.

W: Zirelli | L: Carleton | 2B- Castellanos (S).

Serra 2, Franklin 1

Three Padres – Riley Lim, Kelley Crawford and Antonio Sekelj – combined to allow just two hits while striking out 13 in a 2-1 victory that culminated a long first day at the Boras Classic.

Lim went the first four innings to get the win. He didn't allow a run and struck out eight.

Serra scored both its runs in the fourth inning. Nate Hui drove in a run with a fielder's choice grounder, while freshman Michael Ohman, playing right field for the first time this season, drove in the game's first run with an RBI single.

Donovan Friedland had two hits for Serra.

W: Lim | L: Hernandez | S: Sekelj |2 hits- Friedland (S).

Lowell 7, Mills 1

Lowell won its 10th game of the season in convincing fashion by collecting 10 hits and holding Mills to just two.

Tino Janke had the Vikings only two hits.

W: Leblo | L: Chan | 2 hits- Janke (M), Huang (M), Tieman (M), Szalva (L), Schwarz (L). 2 RBI- Tieman (L), Szalva (L). 2B- Szalva (L), Reed (L), Huang (L), Tieman (L).

El Capitan 5, South San Francisco 1

Vince Bernal had two hits, but it wasn't enough for the Warriors, who dropped their fourth straight game, this one in the opening round of the South San Francisco tourney.

W: Casey | L: Oseguera | 2 hits- V.Bernal (SSF), Gaoiran (EC). 2B- V.Bernal (SSF), Rivera (EC), Gaoiran (EC).

Menlo-Atherton 5, Live Oak 2

Senior Ryder Kelly had three hits, including two doubles, as the Bears rebounded from a tough loss to Sacred Heart Prep on Saturday at Sunkin Diamond with a win over visiting Live Oak.

Masataka Shudo, MJ Ellazar and Lucas Ten Vaanholt had two hits each for Menlo-Atherton, while Owen Coupe and MJ Ellazar drove in two runs apiece.

The Bears return to action on Wednesday when the travel to Mitty.

W: Busse | L: D.Garcia | S: Ten Vaanholt | 3 hits- Kelly (MA). 2 hits- Shudo (MA), Ten Vaanholt (MA), Ellazar (MA). 2 RBI- Coupe (MA), Ellazar (MA). 2B- Kelly (MA) 2, Willbanks (MA).